ENG 3323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Misogyny, Geoffrey Chaucer, Antifeminism

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Wife of bath"s prologue and tale geoffrey chaucer. Chaucer is beginning to expand his writing the wife of bath is a more expanded, round character. The miller and the knight do not have individual personalities really. Prologue is almost twice as long as the tale. Prologue gives us a life story of the wife. Addresses the subject of writing and who controls it. The wife of bath"s tale is completely immersed in the tale from the prologue. The act of telling the tale is closely connected to the act of telling the story of the prologue. The wife of bath connected to the pardoner. Pardoner concerned about his own marriage and asks wife to teach him her practices. Represents a sharp, formal division of the wife"s prologue . Prologue and tale are both extremely popular and extremely controversial. The character of the wife fascinated chaucer"s readers she is an independent figure referenced in other literature again and again and again.

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